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I'm not really worried about my physical safety; there's no way this can devolve into a full on war; I just need to protect my online privacy. Also, we're in t

I'm not really worried about my physical safety; there's no way this can devolve into a full on war; I just need to protect my online privacy. Also, we're in the middle of pandemic lock-down and leaving is not an option.

novok 5y ago
Prepare to leave, even if it is not an 'option' right now. Make relationships with people smugglers today, not when you need it. Research which countries would accept you as a political refugee, which in your case is pretty clear cut as a journalist and what would be the best process. Don't only choose one country as part of your research, have a list in case one or more fall through. You will probably have to live in an easy to move to neutral country such as indonesia or the phillipines first while you apply. You might have to leave fast, so create a 'leave the country' go away backpack (aka go bag) and bring it with you everywhere, in case you can't actually go home. Install online cameras to see the state of your house before getting close to it in case you are raided or setup for an ambush. Turn off the cell phone when your close to where you live by a few km, use wifi where all your internet connection is piped through a VPN. Be prepared to abandon everything in your house if it comes to that, maybe distribute your important sentimental objects elsewhere with trusted friends or family or other secret storage spots. When you begin to stash such things, turn off all electronic devices with radios (wifi, bluetooth, cellphone, etc) or just do not bring them going there and coming back. Use cash for in person transactions from now on, maybe change your habits up. You may not be worried about general physical safety, but you might be targeted specifically. Michael Bazzel's book is pretty good if you want to further go down the rabbit hole: https://inteltechniques.com/book7.html https://inteltechniques.com/book7.html . It is US focused, but many of the principles still apply.
csomar 5y ago
> I'm not really worried about my physical safety You should. > there's no way this can devolve into a full on war Ghannouchi might be bluffing but no one really knows for sure. This can devolve into a full on war, although it'll unlikely touch the coastal cities. > I just need to protect my online privacy You don't really need to do much unless you are looking to do full-on work on activist journalism. Dictatorships only target the most famous or those who make a lot of noise. It's very hard to follow everyone, and Tunisia kind of lacks in the tech department. > Also, we're in the middle of pandemic lock-down and leaving is not an option. Most Embassies have re-opened. It is harder, granted; and if you are young it is hard to get the vaccine.
floxy 5y ago
>there's no way this can devolve into a full on war I know nothing of your particular situation, but I bet there is usually a long chain of impossibilities that occur when things really start to go bad: - There's no way this virus will keep economies crippled and shortages going for more than a year. - There's no way for a coup to happen - There's no way for this to devolve into war - There's no way they'd start arresting journalists - There's no way they'd suspend elections - There's no way the police will start shooting protestors - There's no way the army will start rounding up people - There's no way the protests will start occurring in my town - There's no way that the violence will come to my town - There's no way that my neighbors will turn me in - There's no way that the outside world will turn a blind eye to the atrocities No doubt it is still a really low probability of really bad things happening. But 1% is not never. Thinking that something could happen is one step to ensuring that it doesn't actually happen. Stay safe.

novok 5y ago

Prepare to leave, even if it is not an 'option' right now. Make relationships with people smugglers today, not when you need it. Research which countries would accept you as a political refugee, which in your case is pretty clear cut as a journalist and what would be the best process. Don't only choose one country as part of your research, have a list in case one or more fall through. You will probably have to live in an easy to move to neutral country such as indonesia or the phillipines first while you apply. You might have to leave fast, so create a 'leave the country' go away backpack (aka go bag) and bring it with you everywhere, in case you can't actually go home. Install online cameras to see the state of your house before getting close to it in case you are raided or setup for an ambush. Turn off the cell phone when your close to where you live by a few km, use wifi where all your internet connection is piped through a VPN. Be prepared to abandon everything in your house if it comes to that, maybe distribute your important sentimental objects elsewhere with trusted friends or family or other secret storage spots. When you begin to stash such things, turn off all electronic devices with radios (wifi, bluetooth, cellphone, etc) or just do not bring them going there and coming back. Use cash for in person transactions from now on, maybe change your habits up. You may not be worried about general physical safety, but you might be targeted specifically. Michael Bazzel's book is pretty good if you want to further go down the rabbit hole: https://inteltechniques.com/book7.html https://inteltechniques.com/book7.html . It is US focused, but many of the principles still apply.

csomar 5y ago

> I'm not really worried about my physical safety You should. > there's no way this can devolve into a full on war Ghannouchi might be bluffing but no one really knows for sure. This can devolve into a full on war, although it'll unlikely touch the coastal cities. > I just need to protect my online privacy You don't really need to do much unless you are looking to do full-on work on activist journalism. Dictatorships only target the most famous or those who make a lot of noise. It's very hard to follow everyone, and Tunisia kind of lacks in the tech department. > Also, we're in the middle of pandemic lock-down and leaving is not an option. Most Embassies have re-opened. It is harder, granted; and if you are young it is hard to get the vaccine.

floxy 5y ago

>there's no way this can devolve into a full on war I know nothing of your particular situation, but I bet there is usually a long chain of impossibilities that occur when things really start to go bad: - There's no way this virus will keep economies crippled and shortages going for more than a year. - There's no way for a coup to happen - There's no way for this to devolve into war - There's no way they'd start arresting journalists - There's no way they'd suspend elections - There's no way the police will start shooting protestors - There's no way the army will start rounding up people - There's no way the protests will start occurring in my town - There's no way that the violence will come to my town - There's no way that my neighbors will turn me in - There's no way that the outside world will turn a blind eye to the atrocities No doubt it is still a really low probability of really bad things happening. But 1% is not never. Thinking that something could happen is one step to ensuring that it doesn't actually happen. Stay safe.